taking the slaw (was Re: SUX)

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 27, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:

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> On Sep 27, 2004, at 4:40 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> On Sep 27, 2004, at 1:39 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:
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>>> Ever heard of someone "taking the slaw" (to fellate)?  That was a new
>>> one on
>>> me, that a guy I work with used one day.
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>> No, I haven't. But it reminds me of "tossing the salad," which I've
>> heard on TV cop shows and even on sitcoms, from time to time.
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> surely that's 'jacking/jerking off, masturbating', no?
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> arnold
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To be brutally frank, I haven't the foggiest. Based on the contexts in
which I've heard the term used on the tube, I sort of - pardon the
elitism;-) - got the impression that it referred to buttfucking. But
that's only an impression. I've never heard it used by real people in
real life.

-Wilson